Window-shade hanger.



No. 683,!54, Patented Sept. 24, |901. H. H. STRATTON.

WINDOW SHADE HANGER.

(Application led Jan. 11, 1901.)

.(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. STRATTON, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

WINDOW-SHADE HANGER.

ASPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 683,154, dated September 24, 1901.

Application filed January 1l, 1901. Serial No. 4:21905.- (No model.)

To all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. STRATTON, a 'citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Window-Shade Hanger, of which the following is 'a specification.

This invention relates to window shade hangers, and is particularly designed to provide an improved flexible guide for the rollerbrackets, so that the 'device may be packed in a comparatively smallbundle for shipment 'and storage. provide improved means for securing the flexible guides to a window-casing, so that the same may be taut to insure a free movement of the roller-brackets thereon when thc latter are being adjusted vertically. I

Vith these and other objects in View the present invention consists iu the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be herein- :after more fully described, shown in the accompanyingdrawings,and particularly pointled out in the appended claim, it b-eing understood that changes in the form, proportion,

size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claim withoutdepartin g from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a window-casing having a shaderoller mounted thereon by means of the pres- Ient invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of one of the guides. Fig. 3 is a front 'elevation thereof with the lower fastening in section. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the bottom fastening.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings there has been illustrated a portion of a window frame or casing 1, having a shade-roller 2 applied thereto and equipped with the opposite roller-brackets 3, which are to'be mounted upon the present guides for convenience in vertically ad- .justing the shade-roller to admit light and ventilation over the top of t-he roller. These parts may be of any common or preferred form, as they are shown merely to illustrate the application of the improved guide for the bracketsi It is furthermore designed to It will of course be understood that the guides at opposite sides of the Window-frame are duplicates, so that a description of one is deemed sufficient.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 2, 3,

and 4 of the drawings, it will be seen that a cord 4 of suitable size is employed as the guide proper, and top and bottom fastenings `5 and 6, respectively, are provided for securing the cord to the window-frame.

The outer head portion of the upper fastening is in the form of a narrow iiat plate having the outer and inner perforations 7 and 8, respectively, and the pointed screw-threaded attaching shank or stem 9, whereby the fastening is designed to be secured to the window-frame. At the juncture of the head and the shank there is an enlarged marginal ange 10, which is designed to lie against the window-frame and brace the fastening. The cord 4: is passed laterally' through the inner perforation '8 of the head and is provided with a terminal stop 11, preferably in the form of a knot, to lie against the adjacent side of the fastening, and thereby prevent the cord from being entirely pulled through the perfelation.

The lower fastening has an enlarged substantially spherical head 12, which is provided with a vertical perforation 13, that tapers upwardly to substantially the size of the cord. A transverse slot 14 is formed through one side of the head and intersects the tapered opening thereof to give lateral access thereto. A screw-threaded stem or shank 15 extends from the head for the attachment of the fastening to the window-frame, and between the head and the stem there is an enlarged port-ion 16, forming a shoulder or flange to bear against the face of the frame or cas ing and brace the fastening. After the cord has been pulled through the perforation of the upper fasteningits lower portion is passed laterally through the slot in the lower fastening, so as to enter the conical central opening of the head, a knot 17 having been previously formed in the lower portion of the cord. The fastening is then slid downwardly upon the cord until the knot or stop 17 is snugly wedged within the conical opening, and then the fastening is driven into the window-frame, whereby the lower end of the cord IOO is secured in place and the entire length of the cord is held taut to form a rigid guide for the roller-bracket, which is mounted to slide upon the cord and is applied thereto after the cord is secured to the upper fastening and prior to its connection with the lower fastening. By varying the position of the lower stop or knot 17 the length of the guide may be adjusted by locating the lower fastening nearer to or farther'away from the upper fastening.

For convenience in adj ustably elevating the shade-roller upon the guides there is provided an adjusting-cord 18, which has two branches 19 and 20, that pass loosely inwardly through the outerperforation of one of the upper fastenings as a guide. One of the branches-as, for instance, the branch 20- is connected to the adjacent roller-bracket a, while the other branch passes outwardly through the guide perforation in the opposite upper fastening and is then secured to the adjacent roller-bracket b, so that by manipulation of the cord 18 the shade-roller may be readily raised and lowered bodily and inde pendently of the unrolling of the shade upon the roller. A suitable cord-holder 2l is secured to the window-frame and arranged for adj ustably holding the free end portion of the cord 18, so as to support the shade-roller at any desired elevation upon lthe opposite guides.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the flexible cords permit of the A curtain-hanger being' packed into a comparatively small bundle for storage and transpor tation and when properly applied to a Windowframe are rendered tight and rigid, so as to be the equivalent of a metal rod, without the inconvenience thereof in packing the device into a bundle.

Vhat is claimed is-ad A guide member for adjustable shade-roller brackets, comprising an upper pointed fastening to be driven into a window-frame and having a longitudinally-projected head provided with a perforation, ailexible cord passed through the perforation, a stop provided upon the upper end of the cord and drawn against the head of the upper fastening, and a lower pointed fastening, having an enlarged head provided with a vertical conical opening or socket extending entirely through the head, and a lateral entrance-slot intersecting both top and bottom edges of the conical opening and communicating therewith for its entire length, the lower end portion of the cord being passed laterally through the slot and into the conical opening and having a knot formed therein and seated snugly in the conical opening.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY I-I. STRATTON.

Witnesses z J. H. MCLEAN, CHAS. WATSON. 

